10.3886/ICPSR08370.v1United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health StatisticsNational Mortality Followback Survey, 1966-1968Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research1986causes of deathdeath recordsdemographic characteristicsdiseasehealthmedical caremedical historymortality ratespopulation trendssmokingvital statistics1986-04-281992-02-161966--1968
survey data, and event/transaction data
83701This survey was designed primarily to obtain information on
the smoking habits of decedents by examining death certificates and
questionnaires mailed to death record informants. Smoking variables in
this data collection include number of cigarettes smoked when the
decedent smoked most, number smoked the year before death, number
smoked three years before death, and cigar and pipe smoking occurrence
three years before death. Demographic variables include marital status,
family type, number of children, living arrangements, size of family,
birth and death of the decedent, family income and family debt, and
cause of death.